Hi all, looking for some advice or words of wisdom.
I'm currently suffering from Retro Active Jealousy OCD and I'm a little unsure as to what the recovery process is supposed to look like.
It feels like I'm spending 50% of my time in an anxiety loop and the other 50% of the time feeling fine. The thing that's dragging me back into the loop is the knowledge that nothing will ever change the facts of the past. This leads to rumination's, mental analysing and checking. Low mood follows.
Every morning I seem to wake up and first thing I do is mentally check that the thing bothering me is still there and of course it always is. It feels hard knowing that it's never going anywhere.
What might the recovery process for this look like? Is ERP appropriate if it involves dragging up someone else's past that they don't want to share? Why can sometimes I feel totally fine like I have processed everything and then the next day feel depressed about it?
Many Thanks
Andy
